1979 UC Davis Aggies football team

American college football season

1979 UC Davis Aggies football

FWC champion

Conference| Far Western Conference
Record| 7–2–1 (5–0 FWC)
Head coach|

* Jim Sochor (10th season)

Home stadium| Toomey Field

Seasons

<- 1978

1980 ->

1979 Far Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
UC Davis $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Humboldt State | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Chico State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Sacramento State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
San Francisco State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Cal State Hayward | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* Adjusted for Cal Poly Pomona forfeits to UC Davis and Sacramento State

The 1979 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Jim Sochor, UC Davis finished the season with an overall record of 6–3–1 and a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title for the ninth consecutive season. 1979 was the tenth consecutive winning season for the Aggies. With the 5–0 conference record, they stretched their conference winning streak to 33 games dating back to the 1973 season. The team outscored its opponents 217 to 155 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Toomey Field in Davis, California.

After the season, Cal Poly Pomona, who beat UC Davis in a non-conference game, had to forfeit all their victories because the team had used ineligible players during the season. With the forfeit, the Aggies' overall record improve to 7–2–1.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 15| Cal Lutheran*|

* Toomey Field
* Davis, CA

| T 12–12| 7,000|
September 22| No. T–10 Nevada*|

* Toomey Field
* Davis, CA

| L 21–28| 9,000|
September 29| at Cal Poly*|

* Mustang Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA (rivalry)

| L 10–31| 7,277|
October 6| Sacramento State|

* Toomey Field
* Davis, CA (rivalry)

| W 32–7| 9,000|
October 13| at Humboldt State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 24–13| 5,500|
October 20| at Cal Poly Pomona*|

* Kellogg Field
* Pomona, CA

| W 21–24 (forfeit win)| 1,700–2,500| [1][2]
October 27| San Francisco State|

* Toomey Field
* Davis, CA

| W 22–9| 4,800–5,000| [3]
November 3| at Santa Clara*|

* Buck Shaw Stadium
* Santa Clara, CA

| W 23–21| 6,200|
November 10| Chico State|

* Toomey Field
* Davis, CA

| W 35–10| 8,400|
November 17| at Cal State Hayward|

* Pioneer Stadium
* Hayward, CA

| W 17–0| 650–966| [4]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

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## NFL Draft

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The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1980 NFL draft.[7][8]

Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team

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Jeff Allen | Defensive back | 8 | 212 | Miami Dolphins

## References

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1. ^ "Paopao Leads Cal Lutheran Win". The Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1979. p. III-15. Retrieved February 21, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
3. ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
4. ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
5. ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
6. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
7. ^ "1980 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
8. ^ "Draft History: California-Davis". Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2017.

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UC Davis Aggies football

Venues|

* Moreing Field (1925–1927)
* Sacramento Stadium (1928–1931)
* A Street Field (1932–1948)
* Toomey Field (1949–2006)
* UC Davis Health Stadium (2007–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Cal Poly: Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
* Sacramento State: Causeway Classic

Culture & lore|

* Gunrock the Mustang
* UC Davis Marching Band
* Aggie Fight
* KHTK

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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Northern California Athletic Conference football champions

Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)|

* Saint Mary's (1925)
* Saint Mary's (1926)
* Saint Mary's (1927)
* Saint Mary's (1928)
* Cal Aggies (1929)
* Fresno State (1930)
* No champion (1931)
* Nevada & San Jose State (1932)
* Nevada (1933)
* Fresno State & San Jose State (1934)
* Fresno State (1935)
* Pacific (CA) (1936)
* Fresno State (1937)
* Pacific (CA) (1938)
* Nevada (1939)
* Pacific (CA) (1940)
* Pacific (CA) (1941)
* Pacific (CA) (1942)

Far Western Conference (post-WWII)|

* No champion (1946)
* Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947)
* Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948)
* Cal Aggies (1949)
* San Francisco State (1950)
* Cal Aggies (1951)
* Humboldt State (1952)
* Chico State (1953)
* San Francisco State (1954)
* No champion (1955)
* Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956)
* San Francisco State (1957)
* San Francisco State (1958)
* San Francisco State (1959)
* Humboldt State (1960)
* Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961)
* San Francisco State (1962)
* UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963)
* Sacramento State (1964)
* San Francisco State (1965)
* Sacramento State (1966)
* San Francisco State (1967)
* Humboldt State (1968)
* Cal State Hayward (1969)
* Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1971)
* UC Davis (1972)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1973)
* UC Davis (1974)
* UC Davis (1975)
* UC Davis (1976)
* UC Davis (1977)
* UC Davis (1978)
* UC Davis (1979)
* UC Davis (1980)
* Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)

Northern California Athletic Conference|

* UC Davis (1982)
* UC Davis (1983)
* UC Davis (1984)
* UC Davis (1985)
* UC Davis (1986)
* UC Davis (1987)
* UC Davis (1988)
* UC Davis (1989)
* UC Davis (1990)
* Sonoma State (1991)
* UC Davis (1992)
* Chico State (1993)
* Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994)
* Humboldt State (1995)
* Chico State (1996)

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